36.1% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 42.3%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Yarragrin · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Yarragrin
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Yarragrin volunteer, which is far above the national figure. This strong community spirit is seen across the area, where residents are much more likely to provide unpaid care than people in other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 36.1% of people helping out. This is far above the New South Wales rate of 13.0% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life in Yarragrin, as 19.4% of people provide this support, well above the national figure of 11.9%. This is consistent with the 30.6% of residents who care for children unpaid, a rate much higher than most areas.
19.4% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.6% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.6%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Yarragrin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14490/yarragrin/topic/community